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In this Golden Age mystery by the author of Skeleton Key, murder plunges a Berkeley husband and wife into the secret world of a cult. It's 1949, and with the War well and truly in the past, Americans are relaxing into the warm bath of suburbia. Even groovy Northern California, even sharp-eyed Georgine and Todd McKinnon (last seen in The Glass Mask and Skeleton Key) have largely succumbed to the lure of comfortable conformity. But the McKinnons' pleasant domesticity is shattered by the arrival of a distinctly nonconformist young man, who arrives unannounced one night, tells a wild tale, and dies a short time later. Why did he choose the McKinnons to hear him out? Sure, he hoped Todd would write a check, eager to turn the strange story into one of the thrillers he regularly sells to the pulps. But could there have been another reason? One bizarre phone call, and Georgine is all too ready to believe there might have been . . . Perfect for fans of Margaret Maron and Craig Rice "Absorbing." --Kirkus Reviews "Mrs. Offord . . .writes distinctly clever upper-drawer mystery tales . . . with murder and satire and cold chills sprinkled over the plot liberally"--Salt Lake Tribune No library descriptions found. |
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Events in The Smiling Tiger take place at the, to say the least, picturesque home of Chloe Majendie, widow of the founder of a religious sect called Beyond Truth. The events are peculiar; they involve some unusual personalities, and they take the form of a series of extremely interesting murders. All this Lenore glen offord once again spins and conceals and reveals in her well-known manner.